Michiji Tajima ( ja, 田島道治) (July 2, 1885 – December 2, 1968) was a Japanese businessman and educator. He was Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Office (June 5, 1948 – May 31, 1949) and continued as Grand Steward of its successor, the

Imperial Household Agency The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and also the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD, up until the Second World War, it ...

(June 1, 1949 – December 16, 1953). He graduated from the University of Tokyo. Documents written by Tajima and made public by the Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2019 suggest that Emperor

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

sought to apologize to the Japanese people over the damage of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. These include 18 notebooks, as well as a 1948 draft for an apology speech written in preparation for Japan's independence from Allied occupation in April 1952, which included phrases such as "deep shame" due to "my fault" (for the war).NEWS, K. (n.d.). Emperor Hirohito stopped from expressing remorse over war. Kyodo News+. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/08/bf08ceb13536-emperor-hirohito-stopped-from-expressing-remorse-over-war.html However, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida sought to avoid all mention of the war by Hirohito, and the passage referencing the emperor's "remorse" was dropped altogether.

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* 『孔子その人とその伝説』　H．G．クリール　田島道治訳　岩波書店、1993年10月7日(第６刷)、 : 著者(H.G.Creel、1905-94年)は、シカゴ大学教授、初版は1961年1月31日、数度復刊された。のち、2014年9月10日より、同出版社より、オンデマンド版()を発行。 * 『田島道治　昭和に「奉公」した生涯』　加藤恭子著 TBSブリタニカ、2002年、 * 『昭和天皇　「謝罪詔勅草稿」の発見』加藤恭子著文藝春秋、2003年、 * 『昭和天皇と田島道治と吉田茂』加藤恭子著人文書館、2006年、

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{{Authority control 20th-century Japanese businesspeople Japanese educators Sony people University of Tokyo alumni People from Nagoya 1885 births 1968 deaths